Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.